List of spymasters

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A spymaster is a leader of a group of spies or an intelligence agency. [1]

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List of spymasters

NameWhenAllegianceAgency/Organization/Service
Motojiro Akashi 1904Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Akashi Kikan
Vera Atkins 1944Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Special Operations Executive
Lavrentiy Beria 1938Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union NKVD
Arturo Bocchini 1927–1940 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Fascist Italy OVRA
Wilhelm Canaris 1935Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Nazi Germany Abwehr
Thomas Cromwell 1533Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England
William J. Donovan 1941Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Office of Strategic Services
Armand Jean du Plessis (Cardinal Richelieu)1616Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Allen Dulles 1953Flag of the United States.svg United States Central Intelligence Agency
L.B. Moerdani 1952 - 1988Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Indonesian Army

State Intelligence Agency

Ali Murtopo 1945 - 1978Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Indonesian Army

State Intelligence Agency

Yoga Sugama 1942 - 1989Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Indonesian Army

State Intelligence Agency

Zhou Enlai 1928–1932Flag of the Chinese Communist Party (Pre-1996).svg Chinese Communist Party [note 1] Special Service section of the Central Committee
Urban Work Committee of the Central Committee
Rafaat Gebril1973Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt)
Ali Mamlouk 2005–2024Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg Ba'athist Syria National Security Bureau
General Intelligence Directorate (Syria)
Sándor Goldberger (alias J. Peters)1930–1948Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union Communist Party USA
Sidney Gottlieb 1951–1973Flag of the United States.svg United States Central Intelligence Agency
Hamid Gul 1987–1989Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Faiz Hameed 2019Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Isser Harel 1952–1963Flag of Israel.svg Israel Mossad
R. N. Kao 1968–1977Flag of India.svg India Research and Analysis Wing
Ronnie Kasrils 1983–1989
2004–2008		Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Umkhonto we Sizwe
Minister of Intelligence Services
David Kimche 1953–1980Flag of Israel.svg Israel Mossad
Ivone Kirkpatrick 1918–1918Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom British Army, Belgian resistance
Maxwell Knight 1924–1930Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom MI5
Dai Li 1928–1946Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China National Revolutionary Army
Colin Hercules Mackenzie 1940–1946Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Special Operations Executive – Force 136
Yuri Modin 1948–1951Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union NKVD
Hugh Montgomery 1953–1981 (CIA)

1981–1985 (INR)
1989–2014 (CIA)

Flag of the United States.svg United States Central Intelligence Agency

Bureau of Intelligence and Research

Bhola Nath Mullik 1950–1964Flag of India.svg India Intelligence Bureau
Donald Nichols 1951Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron
Manuel Piñeiro 1961–1964Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Dirección de Inteligencia
Allan Pinkerton 1855–1861Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg United States Union Intelligence Service
Wang Puchen 1948–1949Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
Pyotr Rachkovsky 1885–1902Romanov Flag.svg Russian Empire Okhrana
Alfred Redl 1903–1913Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary;
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire [note 2] 		Evidenzbureau
Mao Renfeng 1946–1956Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
Semyon Semyonov 1937–1950Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union NKVD
Kang Sheng 1940s–1946Flag of the Chinese Communist Party (Pre-1996).svg Chinese Communist Party [note 1] Central Social Affairs Department
Hugh Sinclair 1919–1939Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Secret Intelligence Service
Mansfield Smith-Cumming 1909–1923Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Secret Intelligence Service
Richard Sorge 1920–1941Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1936).svg Soviet Union Main Intelligence Directorate
Sidney Souers 1946–1946Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Gustav Steinhauer 1911–1914Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany Nachrichten-Abteilung
William Stephenson 1940–1946Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Canada British Security Co-ordination
Emanuel Sueyro c. 1620–1629Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain
Benjamin Tallmadge 1778–1783Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svg United States Culper Ring
John Thurloe 1653Flag of The Commonwealth.svg Commonwealth of England
Liam Tobin 1919Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Republic Irish Republican Army
Francis Walsingham 1573–1590Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England
George Washington 1775Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svg United States Continental Army
William Wickham 1795–1801Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Markus Wolf 1951–1986Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany Main Directorate for Reconnaissance
Shen Zui 1934–1949Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
Kyrylo Budanov 2020–presentFlag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)
Ajit Doval 2014–presentFlag of India.svg India National Security Advisor (India)

See also

Bibliography

Notes

  1. 1 2 Years of service as a spymaster with the Chinese Communist Party predates the foundation of the People's Republic of China (1949)
  2. ↑ Redl was appointed as the head of counterintelligence at the Evidenzbureau, the Austro-Hungarian military intelligence organization in 1907. However, Redl was already compromised by Russian agents c. 1900, and provided information to the Russian Empire until he was caught by Austro-Hungarian authorities in 1913.

References

  1. ↑ "Definition of SPYMASTER". www.merriam-webster.com. 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
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